Well Thomas, that was most helpful, I had no idea about the two channels of midi on the PC I/F. Unfortunately I have yet to be able to get that working on my new system here. It worked fine for me on my other computer which was a 466 Celeron machine. This is a 1 gHz Celeron and Asus MB running Win98SE. I have tried everything I can think of to get the PC I/F working and it just wont do it. I even made a new cable thinking maybe something happened to my old one in the confusion but that wasn't it. I checked and re-checked every conductor with a voltmeter and the cable is good. I set my X5 to PC I/F and the correct speed internally. I am about to pull my hair out (what's left of it) over that thing! Anyway, I really appreciate all the help and I think I have a better understanding of it all now. Good luck to you and your music making!! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Anderssen <thomas.anderssen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:53 AM Subject: [korgypark] Re: Midi channels > > Good morning. > > As I mentioned, it is important that you have the "Independent Synth/MIDI > Out" box checked in the driver setup window (Control Panel, Sound and > Multimedia devices, Hardware, Korg PC I/F driver) . This gives you two > "channel 10:s". One on port 1 and other on port 2. I.e. this gives you 32 midi > channels to play with - simultaneously. > > What you basically do is to assign Port 1 to the PC I/F Synth Out and Port 2 > to PC /IF MIDI Out. Then the midi data assigned to X5 goes to the X5 > internals (PC I/F Synth Out, port 1) and "the other" channel 10 (assigned of > course to the PC I/F MIDI Out, port 2) goes to the MIDI OUT connector on > the X5. > > On the other hand, if you do not have the "Independent Synth/MIDI Out" box > checked in the driver setup, then consider the following: > - You have only 16 channels to use > - All the data sent to channel 10 will go to the X5 internal sound machine > AND in parallell to the MIDI OUT connector. > > Now, if you send a bank change to bank 7425 in this state, what happens? > Well, the X5 will turn channel 10 to "Timbre Off", i.e. no sound will be > produced regardless of what data comes out of the sequencer on that > channel. This is assuming, that you in Global mode has set Bank Select to > ENA, otherwise it will ignore the bank change message. > > As far as the drum machine (on the MIDI OUT wire) is concerned, it may do > two things: Ignore the bank select message and continue playing (assuming > that it has bank change disabled) or try to change to bank 7425, which > probably do not exist, in which case the drum machine will either stop > producing sound, or go on drumming... > You have to rtfm for the drum machine to be sure, or simply try it. > > This was a lotta text, but maybe it clarifies some stuff... It took me about 6 > moths to figure this out, when I started, so Good Luck... > > cheers, Thomas > > > On 8 Jan 2002 at 9:29, cdmando wrote: > > > > > But wouldnt that also prevent the drum machine from getting the information > > as well? Or will everything on channel 10 still be passed thru to the drum > > machine? > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Jim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Thomas Anderssen <thomas.anderssen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:53 AM > > Subject: [korgypark] Re: Midi channels > > > > > > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > It is quite easy. > > > Select Timbre Off on channel 10 in your sequencing program. This can > > > be done by selecting bank 7425 (decimal) or sending the following > > > controllers: 00 58 00 00 xx (xx = any value). Make sure that you use > > > it for the Korg only, i.e. that you have selected the check box > > > "Independent Synth/MIDI Out" in the Serial driver seutp window (if > > > you use the serial interface). > > > > > > cheers, Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7 Jan 2002 at 13:12, cdmando wrote: > > > > > > > Please forgive me on this one but my manual is packed away somewhere > > > > after a recent move. Is there a way to have the Korg X5 ignore any > > > > one midi channel? What I want to do is come out of my PC to the > > > > Korg then "thru" to my drum machine. Of course I do not want the > > > > Korg playing the drum notes too so I thought If I could "mute" > > > > channel 10 from the Korg and send it thru to the drum machine that > > > > would be great. Any way to do this?? > > > Thomas Anderssen > > > Jakobstad Energy Utility (www.jpenergy.net) > > > Victor Schaumansesplanaden 1 > > > FIN-68600 JAKOBSTAD > > > Finland > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message was sent through the Korgy Park mailing list. > > > Mailing list info page: //www.freelists.org/list/korgypark. > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent through the Korgy Park mailing list. > > Mailing list info page: //www.freelists.org/list/korgypark. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent through the Korgy Park mailing list. > Mailing list info page: //www.freelists.org/list/korgypark. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent through the Korgy Park mailing list. Mailing list info page: //www.freelists.org/list/korgypark.